Sentence examples for a poor period from inspiring English sources

It had a poor period a few years ago when shortlists became baffling and winners unconvincing.

"If you go through the history of the game, we've always had a poor period after great teams," he says.

The market will experience unexpected sales patterns as it matures – already we see stronger sales of digital content in the summer before the holidays, with Christmas a poor period for digital sales as customers switch their personal buying to gift purchases.

The later 19th century and early years of the 20th century were a poor period for American poetry; yet (in addition to William Vaughn Moody) two poets of distinction wrote songs that survived long after scores of minor poets had been forgotten.

It was an incredibly poor period.

They played a poor first period, probably their poorest of the season, and fell behind by two goals.

It was a superb end to a great second half that was end-to-end stuff after a poor opening period.

The Devils had played a poor first period and they could have been down by more than Bure's only goal in the series.

The big question about in-flight broadband service has always been whether enough passengers would pay for it, especially during a poor economic period.

Instead recruitment has fallen faster than the Maginot Line, per-hour production quotas have risen and many firms have in general avoided hiring new workers because French workforce regulations make it difficult to lay off workers during a poor economic period.

A high-tempo and high-quality first half, was followed by a poor second period which always suggested extra time might follow.